“The African leopard Panthera pardus pardus is an apex predator, and a reliable indicator of a healthy ecosystem. Currently assessed as near threatened‘ by the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species, leopards are exposed to a range of threats that include: habitat loss and/or degradation, depleti...
Clouded leopards are found in the foothills of the Himalayas in northern India and Nepal eastwards to China, where they are found south of the Yangtze River. Clouded leopards are found in the following countries: Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, China, India, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Malay...
Conservation status TheInternational Union for Conservation of Nature(IUCN) has classifiedP. pardusas avulnerablespecies, with the number of leopards worldwide estimated at several hundred thousand individuals. The fortunes of each of the nine recognized leopard subspecies, however, vary greatly. Heavily...
Conservation Status and Life Today Clouded leopards are listed as Vulnerable to extinction. ©Soren Wolf / Flickr – Original Today, both species of clouded leopards are listed by the IUCN as animals that are Vulnerable to extinction from their natural habitats in the near future. It is estimat...
by leopards, the leopards would no longer come and kill there. In the tropical forests of India’s Nagarhole National Park, tigers selected prey weighing more than 176 kg, whereas leopards selected prey in the 30 – 175 kg range. In tropical forest they do not always avoid the larger cats...
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Habitat loss, poaching for their fur and body parts, and retaliatory killings by humans are some of the primary reasons for the decline in leopard numbers. The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) has classified leopards as "vulnerable" on the Red List of Threatened Species. ...
IUCN Red List Status: Vulnerable LC NT VU EN CR EW EX Least ConcernExtinct Current Population Trend: Decreasing Leopards are graceful and powerful big cats closely related to lions, tigers, and jaguars. They live in sub-Saharan Africa, northeast Africa, Central Asia, India, and China. However...
IUCN Red List Status: Vulnerable LC NT VU EN CR EW EX Least ConcernExtinct Current Population Trend: Decreasing Leopards are graceful and powerful big cats closely related to lions, tigers, and jaguars. They live in sub-Saharan Africa, northeast Africa, Central Asia, India, and China. However...
Any species that is in danger of extinction throughout all or a significant portion of its range Critically Endangered Species is one which has been categorized by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) as facing an extremely high risk of extinction in the wild. ...